Tropical Tuna Blueplate Special

Spring has arrived...at last.  And in recent weeks I've seen navel oranges, mangoes, strawberries and other veggies pratically bursting out the front door of all the local grocery stores.  Taking advantage of this--eating food that's in season--my latest recipe is a Tropical Tuna Blueplate Special.  It's quite simple actually.  Here's all you do.  Make your …

Chavigny’s Family Ties @ Mercury 20

"Not Knowing" (Photo: Margaret Chaviny and Mercury 20) *** Currently exhibiting at Mercury 20—a collective gallery in Oakland made up of twenty “elemental” artists—Margaret Chavigny presents a show called Family Ties.  Employing zygomorphic shapes in mixed-media--layered formations upon one another--the large paintings hanging in the space have a warm, earthy, organic feel to them, while …